• Clivia

    Clivia miniata (Lindl.) Verschaff.   The clevetia plant : 7 posts by 3 authors. The clevetia plant, can it be multiplied via cuttings? Other recipients: I guess Google can help. Thank you. Saroj Kasaju I guess Google can help. Yes. Not by cuttings. But by dividing the clumps from well grown plants….

  • Hippeastrum hybrids- Kalimpong, West Bengal

    SK1246 02 JUL 2018 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4)- around 700 kb each. Location:  Kalimpong, WB, India Date: 15 May 2018 Altitude: 4100 ft. Habit : Cultivated Which Hippeastrum ?? Mostly hybrids. 

  • Juncus inflexus

    Juncus inflexus L., Sp. Pl. 326 1753. (syn: Juncus acutissimus (Buchenau) Adamson; Juncus angelisii Ten.; Juncus cyprius H.Linb.; Juncus deangelisii Bertol. [Invalid]; Juncus depauperatus Ten.; Juncus diaphragmarius Brot.; Juncus elatus Steud.; Juncus equisetosus Dumort.; Juncus glaucescens Laharpe; Juncus glaucus Sibth. [Illegitimate]; Juncus glaucus Ehrh. ex P.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb. [Illegitimate];…

  • ca in elevation

    Fwd: ca in elevation : 3 posts by 2 authors. What does the “ca” mean ?? Not clear myself.  Circa (from Latin, meaning ‘around, about’), usually abbreviated c., ca. orca (also circ. or cca.), means “approximately” in several European languages (and as a loanword in English), usually in reference to a date. Circa is…

  • Micropera rostrata

    Micropera rostrata (Roxb.) N.P.Balakr., J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 67: 66 1970. (syn: Aerides rostrata Roxb.; Camarotis purpurea Lindl.; Camarotis rostrata (Roxb.) Rchb.f.; Micropera purpurea (Lindl.) Pradhan; Sarcochilus purpureus (Lindl.) Benth. ex Hook.f.); . Arunachal Pradesh to Thailand: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Thailand as per POWO; . Common name: Beaked…

  • Didymocarpus species- Lava, Kalimpong, West Bengal

    Didymocarpus species : Attachments (3)- around 900 kb each. Location : Lava, Kalimpong, India Date : 11 May 2018 Elevation :  7000 ft. Habit : Wild Gloxinia sp. ?? May be as per Didymocarpus But can not say further. Yes I agree, it looks close to Didymocarpus Gloxinia I guess ! I do not…

  • Maianthemum oleraceum

    aianthemum oleraceum (Baker) LaFrankie, Taxon 35: 589 1986. (syn: Maianthemum oleraceum var. acuminatum (F.T.Wang & Tang) Karthik.; Smilacina crassifolia Kawano; Smilacina mientienensis F.T.Wang & Tang; Smilacina oleracea (Baker) Hook.f.; Smilacina oleracea f. acuminata (F.T.Wang & Tang) H.Hara; Smilacina oleracea var. acuminata F.T.Wang & Tang; Tovaria oleracea Baker); E. Nepal to…

  • Galium ghilanicum

    Galium ghilanicum Stapf, Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 50: 53 1885. (syn: Galium chitralensis Nazim.; Galium parisiense var. brachypodum Boiss.; Galium transcaucasicum Stapf); S. Turkey to C. Asia and C. Himalaya as per WCSP; Afghanistan; Iran; Iraq; Kirgizstan; Lebanon-Syria; Nepal; Pakistan; Tadzhikistan; Transcaucasus; Turkey; West Himalaya; Xinjiang as…

  • Gesneriaceae member ?- Sukhiapokahari, West Bengal

      SK1181 07 JUNE 2018 : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Location : Sukhiapokahari, Darjeeling, India Date : 12 May 2018 Elevation :  6900 ft. Habit : Wild Again leaf only. Posssible to ID this Begonia sp. ?? I don’t think this is begonia – but I don’t know what else it…

  • Jaeschkea canaliculata

    Jaeschkea canaliculata (Royle ex G. Don) Knobl., Bot. Centralbl. 60: 387 1894. (syn: Ericala canaliculata Steud.; Gentiana canaliculata Royle ex G.Don; Gentiana moorcroftiana Griseb.; Jaeschkea canaliculata (Royle ex D. Don) T.N. Ho (ambiguous synonym); Jaeschkea latisepala C.B. Clarke); . SW-Tibet, W-Tibet, Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch, Kashmir), Pakistan (Hazara) as per…

  • हाशा, हासा

    Botanical name – हाशा, हासा in Marathi : 3 posts by 2 authors. sir can I get botanical name ? – हाशा, हासा in Marathi हाशा or हांशा is a name given to some wild tree … A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas)Not known to…

  • गौरी नो फणो

    Botanical name- गौरी नो फणो in Marathi : 3 posts by 3 authors. sir can I get botanical name ? – गौरी नो फणो  in Marathi गौरी नो फणो is not Marathi; seems to be Gujarati. Yes … It appears Gujarathi to me too.Probably a list copied from other sources….

  • मोरस कांदो

    Botanical name- मोरस कांदो in Marathi : 4 posts by 3 authors. sir can I get botanical name ? – मोरस कांदो in Marathi मोरस कांदो = મોરસકાંદો is clearly in Gujarati … please check Gujarati Lexicon. All plant name given in vanosadhi gunadarsh as written by Sankar daji pade in…

  • नागछत्र

    Botanical name- नागछत्र in Marathi : 4 posts by 3 authors. sir can I get botanical name ? – नागछत्र in Marathi Not known to me yet; will search and return to this post as time permits. Costus speciosus is nag chhatra ? …, from available resources of Marathi at my…

  • सोनारवेल

    Botanical name – सोनारवेल in Marathi : 2 posts by 2 authors. sir can I get botanical name ? – सोनारवेल in Marathi Not known to me yet; will search and return to this post as time permits. Botanical name : 7 posts by 3 authors. sir can I get…

  • सांधरुख

    Botanical name- सांधरुख in Marathi : 2 posts by 2 authors. sir can I get botanical name ? – सांधरुख in Marathi Not known to me yet; will search and return to this post as time permits.  

  • शिळीद

    Botanical name- शिळीद in Marathi : 2 posts by 2 authors. sir can I get botanical name ? – शिळीद in Marathi Seems to be an obscure word.

  • म्होडी घोट

    Botanical name- म्होडी घोट in Marathi : 2 posts by 2 authors. sir can I get botanical name ? – म्होडी घोट in Marathi Seems to be obscure in Marathi; or could be making sense in some other language.  

  • मालेबंध

    Botanical name- मालेबंध in Marathi : 2 posts by 2 authors. sir can I get botanical name ? – मालेबंध in Marathi Seems to be an obscure word.Not known to me yet; will search and return to this post as time permits.  

  • भुइशिरड

    Botanical name- भुइशिरड in Marathi : 2 posts by 2 authors. sir can I get botanical name ? – भुइशिरड in Marathi Not known to me yet; will search and return to this post as time permits.